Matthias Goerne
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Der ferne Klang... Orchestral Works & Songs by Franz Schreker
RecommendedChen Reiss (soprano), Matthias Goerne (baritone)
Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Christoph Eschenbach
The playing of the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra under Christoph Eschenbach is both meticulously prepared and wonderfully idiomatic. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2023, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th December 2023
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2023
2 CDs
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The Wagner Project
RecommendedMatthias Goerne (baritone)
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding
Goerne does misery masterfully … As Goerne’s Wotan kisses Brünnhilde to sleep, the moment is so intimate that (depending on your speakers) you might even feel a peck on the cheek. Yet this isn’t... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th November 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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Record Review, 23rd December 2017, Recording of the Week
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Opera
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Strauss, R: Elektra
RecommendedJeanne-Michèle Charbonnet (Elektra), Angela Denoke (Chrysothemis), Dame Felicity Palmer (Clytemnestra), Matthias Goerne (Orestes), Ian Storey (Aegisthus)
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
[Gergiev] conveys passions and tensions with compelling, sometimes deafening power...[Charbonnet is] strongly involved without, thankfully, overplaying the weirdness...[Palmer's Klytaemnestra... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th July 2012
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
RecommendedMatthias Goerne (Wotan), Kim Begley (Loge), Michelle DeYoung (Fricka), Deborah Humble (Erda), Peter Sidhom (Alberich), Anna Samuil (Freia), Kwangchul Youn (Fasolt), Stephen Milling (Fafner), David Cangelosi (Mime), Charles Reid (Froh), Oleksandr Pushniak (Donner), Eri Nakamura (Woglinde), Aurhelia...
Sidhom's dark-leather tone and malevolent characterisation make an impressive Alberich, fellow Briton Kim Begley is a smooth, sardonic Loge, ideally lyrical in his narration...Van Zweden conducts... — More…
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
2 CDs
$24.50Downloads
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Wagner: Die Walküre
RecommendedMatthias Goerne (Wotan), Petra Lang (Brünnhilde), Michelle DeYoung (Fricka), Stuart Skelton (Siegmund), Heidi Melton (Sieglinde), Falk Struckmann (Hunding), Sarah Castle (Waltraute), Karen Foster (Gerhilde), Katherine Broderick (Helmwige), Anna Burford (Schwertleite), Elaine McKrill (Ortlinde), Aurhelia...
Drawing airy, luminescent textures from the Hong Kong players, [van Zweden] drives the drama excitingly [and] his singers respond superbly…Goerne brings Wotan’s fearful conflicts of love and... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th November 2016
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2017, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
4 CDs
$34.00Downloads
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Wagner: Siegfried
RecommendedSimon O’Neill (Siegfried), Matthias Goerne (The Wanderer), David Cangelosi (Mime), Werner Van Mechelen (Alberich), Heidi Melton (Brünnhilde), Falk Struckmann (Fafner), Deborah Humble (Erda), Valentina Farcas (Wood-Bird)
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden
[van Zweden] evokes both its youthful energy and darker undercurrents, with excellent playing from the augmented Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra…But every ‘Siegfried’ hangs on the title role,... — More…
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
4 CDs
$34.00Downloads
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Wagner: Die Walküre
RecommendedMatthias Goerne (Wotan), Petra Lang (Brünnhilde), Michelle DeYoung (Fricka), Stuart Skelton (Siegmund), Heidi Melton (Sieglinde), Falk Struckmann (Hunding), Sarah Castle (Waltraute), Karen Foster (Gerhilde), Katherine Broderick (Helmwige), Anna Burford (Schwertleite), Elaine McKrill (Ortlinde), Aurhelia...
Drawing airy, luminescent textures from the Hong Kong players, [van Zweden] drives the drama excitingly [and] his singers respond superbly…Goerne brings Wotan’s fearful conflicts of love and... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th November 2016
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2017, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Hope@Home
Daniel Hope (violin), Christoph Israel (piano, work arranger), Till Brönner (trumpet), Joy Denalane (vocals), Max Raabe (vocals), Jacques Ammon (piano), Fritz Kreisler (work arranger), Paul Bateman (work arranger), Michael Metzler (percussion), Max Herre (vocals), Sebastian Knauer (piano), Matthias...
Daniel Hope’s lockdown album is a time capsule of his chamber concert livestreams. Some pieces were rehearsed, others were read on the spot. Schmaltzy but nonetheless soothing. — More…
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
RecommendedMatthias Goerne (Wotan), Kim Begley (Loge), Michelle DeYoung (Fricka), Deborah Humble (Erda), Peter Sidhom (Alberich), Anna Samuil (Freia), Kwangchul Youn (Fasolt), Stephen Milling (Fafner), David Cangelosi (Mime), Charles Reid (Froh), Oleksandr Pushniak (Donner), Eri Nakamura (Woglinde), Aurhelia...
the Hong Kong Philharmonic sound fully up for the occasion and have the stamina for this demanding piece…Matthias Goerne sings Wotan beautifully with much baritonal sophistication, predictable... — More…
Awards:
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Wagner: Siegfried
RecommendedSimon O’Neill (Siegfried), Matthias Goerne (The Wanderer), David Cangelosi (Mime), Werner Van Mechelen (Alberich), Heidi Melton (Brünnhilde)
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden
[van Zweden] evokes both its youthful energy and darker undercurrents, with excellent playing from the augmented Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra…But every ‘Siegfried’ hangs on the title role,... — More…
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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